how to dip cake pops wilton candy v white chocolate melts

[lovelovelovely1000]

I made these using your recipe and they turned out great everyone loved them thanks

[nancyprojects]

Use shortining

[lolitas1594]

What you put into the Candy melts to make it liquid? It is too thick to me and I can not dip the cake pop is a disaster, PLEASE help!

[howtocookthat]

Hi @lolitas1594 I did not add anything to them, you can add shortening to make it coat thinner if you need to. Try melting the candy melts / white choc melts in a plastic microwave proof bowl that does not retain the heat. microwave then stir every 20 secs until melted and thin enough. If your chocolate was clumping - you may have got a bit of water in it. If it was going dry in patches - you may have heated too hot and burnt your chocolate.

[lolitas1594]

@howtocookthat thanks! i'll try with th shortening and see what happens (:

[Bethbunnygirl3]

Candy melts are only $2.50 where I live! OMG. O.O

[BleedingLoveNotes]

is the white chocolate melts less sweeter than the wiltion candy melts?

[howtocookthat]

Hi @BleedingLoveNotes they both have the same sugar content per 100g so it is not that the white choc melts are any less sweet, they just have more flavour. I would describe it as more creamy and like a bar of white chocolate, whereas the candy melts just taste sweet with no flavour - perhaps if you are adding an oil based flavouring essence this could be a good thing.

[MarieKhris8]

@howticookthat actually I live in the u.s. do you know where to get them here?

[MarieKhris8]

Where do you buy the nestle melts?

[howtocookthat]

@MarieKhris8 nestle melts are in the cooking isle of most supermarkets in Australia. But I see you are in the Phillipines... if any viewers know where you can get them there please add to this post.

[almazaaa]

This video is exactually what I was looking for!

I have two bags of nestle melts that I was going to test adding colour to them!

I was also worried that the nestle melts were not the same as the wilton ones!

Thanks for the info :)

[BroAndSisChannel]

were in melbourne do you buy candy melts?

[howtocookthat]

Hi @BroAndSisChannel , any cake decorating stores will have them, or the online cake decorating stores sell them too.

[marshmallow2332]

candy melts are only £2.99 in england :)

[howtocookthat]

Thanks @hairnetfetish Yes that's right it really helps... if you look closely you can see that is already done in this video, for further information go to the website and find cake pops under sweet snacks in the top menu. I will add a link in the video description

[laxinido1]

nice to see an Australian doing the comparison. Things are much cheaper in the US obviously and i find it hard here in Sydney to find similar products. I found the candy melts at spotlight but now seeing this video I am going to try the Nestle melts as easier to get and much cheaper. Goosh wish we had US prices here as the candy melts were $13 !!

[howtocookthat]

Thanks for your comments @laxinido1 the candy melts are ridiculously priced here. I have emailed nestle suggesting that they do colours too - perhaps if everyone request it they might look into it.

[hairnetfetish]

I was watching Food Network's 'Thanksgiving Live' today, and one of the chef's on there was making cake pop's. She was dipping the stick into the coating before pushing it into the pop-it would act as a glue to hold inside the pop better. Maybe it won't fall off the stick during dipping?

[rahrahcool]

Wow thanks so much for this video! Help me a lot.

[babagurl9]

how did you melt down the nestle chocolate melts? i melted mine in the microwave and while stirring it it split..grrrr

[howtocookthat]

Hi @babagurl9, try melting them in a plastic bowl and then tip into the cup. 30 sec stir, 20 sec stir, 10sec stir additional 10 sec until done. Some ceramic cups retain heat and you get hotspots which can burn the choc. Is that what happened? If it did not burn but it seized then there must have been a drop of water that got into it, your bowl and spoon need to be completely dry. You can add cream to seized choc to make gnache but you can no longer use it for dipping.

[LlamaLlamaDiana]

holy crap...that Wilton melts were ten dollars? Here I can get a bag for $2.50

[howtocookthat]

@LlamaLlamaDiana might be an ebay business in it for you!! Here they are $10, people would need to buy a few at a time to make postage worth while though. It is the same with everything eg: kitchen aid mixers are 700+ here - but US ones have different voltage so not useable here.

[monsterb0ss]

@LlamaLlamaDiana i thought the same thing about the candy melts!! lol at the micheals where i live they are 2.50 as well thats why i get candy melts instead because chocolate ships at safeway are 3.99, i assumed based on her accent that maybe hers are 10 dollars because she's not in america.

[LlamaLlamaDiana]

@monsterb0ss Yeah, she is probably in the UK or something. But ten dollars is A LOT. I saw them at Wal-Mart for $2.50 and at Joanna they are about $3 but I get like 12 bags when they were half off for about $1.49 a bag. I even got some of the Halloween ones.

[howtocookthat]

@LlamaLlamaDiana Wow if they are that cheap there then go the candy melts - here in Australia they are $10 plus a bag.

[rahrahcool]

@monsterb0ss she is from Australia :)

[howtocookthat]

@monsterb0ss Yes that is correct, these are the prices in Australia.

[TheDarkangel838]

yea i want to try using other things like chocolate to cover it instead of those melts

[howtocookthat]

@TheDarkangel838 you could use block chocolate but it would need to be tempered, which can be tricky at home and requires a candy thermometer (melt2/3 of your choc over a waterbath to a temp of 48oC, stir in the remaining 1/3 chopped choc until cooled to 26oC then stir and reheated to 30oC-milk choc, 31oC-darkchoc, 27oC white choc keep at this temp to use) this complex process of stirring heating and cooling causes the cocoa butter crystals in the chocolate to sit closely and neatly

[howtocookthat]

@TheDarkangel838 cont... closely and neatly together making the chocolate crisp and shiny at room temp and it sets quickly.

If it is not tempered at room temp the chocolate will take a long time to set, will not be firm and will have a dull finish - it will be firm if you keep it in the fridge so if you are just using at home and eating straight from the fridge, not fussy about it being shiny then it is no big deal.

[howtocookthat]

@TheDarkangel838 continued...

You can try and keep a choc in temper when you melt it - if it is crispy and shiny when you buy it, it is in temper - melt in the microwave in 30 sec bursts, stir each time - once about 2/3 is liquid and 1/3 is still lumps keep out of the microwave and stir until melted. Check if it is still in temper by placing some on the bench. If not you can temper by starting agin using the first process explained.

[howtocookthat]

@TheDarkangel838 continued... Some chocolates are easier to temper than others - professional choc makers use couverture, which has a high cocoa butter content.

[TheDarkangel838]

can i use something else to replace those melts?

[howtocookthat]

@TheDarkangel838 good question, I will have to experiment - You could use normal block chocolate but if it is not tempered it might not give the crispy shell to the cake pops. Do you ask for a dietary reason- ie you can't eat the melts? Can you not buy them where you live? Or do you want some ideas for things other than chocolate to cover them?